Posted on 01/08/2014 11:14:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The political parties are just one big Mandarin class; instead of moving up through talent, people are required to be toadies of the political class.
Yep. The Big Government party has two faces: Democratic [sic] and Republican.
This country is filled with people who are looking for that one person to end up doing all the dirty/hard work for them. Obama promised to ‘take care of them’ and now this is why the rest of the nation voted for him. Obama has failed and this is why he’s lost popularity. Bush (GW) expected people to work for that they wanted. He set the foundation, but he expected us to follow through and do our part. GW didn’t hold our hand and tell us what to do. He was despised by the press and liberals as a result.
Obama promised to do everything for us, but go figure, he ‘failed’ to make good times come back and as a result, he’s viewed as a ‘failure.’
Why thank you!
Yes, mitt was correct. If he had only defended his statement instead of running from it... but mitt is not a warrior... he is a progressive.
I guess I’m an “I” now. Certainly don’t see where the Republican Party shares any of my values or beliefs anymore. The GOP appears as antogonistic towards them as the Dems do nowadays. The nomination of rancid candidates (McCain, Romney), plus the betrayals by Rubio/Ryan, etc., all took their toll.
The thing, however, that really first caused me to sever my lifelong affiliation to the GOP was watching the backstabbing treatment given Palin, though. The sheer dishonor and disloyalty that the Party demonstrated towards her made me lose every last bit of trust and respect I had for them.
I was a registered “Independent” voter all of my life, at least until 2008. The Independent Party is currently a “Registered” party. Now, I’m an “Unaffiliated” voter.
Scrooge all these labels—its coming down to either one chooses good or evil for direction.
I should add to my previous post that I voted exclusively Republican my entire voting life. Every primary and every general election. I’d go down the list, and vote “R” for every single office, every single time. For almost three decades. Last year that stopped. I voted only for two candidates, whom I knew were 100% “tea party.” I left the rest of the ballots (including the presidential one) blank.
Good going, GOP. I “remember” your 2012 convention, in which the words “tea party” were outlawed, and you told Palin to get lost. It cost you my vote, my family’s votes, and two of my friend’s votes.
I’m a conservative who votes for the most conservative candidate. I am not, nor have I ever been a member of the republican party. I haven’t voted for a democrat since 1976.
Can you tell me what legislation a GOP president will propose if elected?
In CA couldn’t you do more damage registered as a Dem ... A Repub vote won’t count at all, maybe your vote would sabotage a Dem Primary?
And it has the added attraction of giving oneself the air of daring, devil-may-care individualism, as well.
That isn’t accurate, for instance I have never wanted to become a member of the Republican party because they are too liberal, this is common here at FR, an “independent site”, not a republican site.
repealing Obamacare.
and replace?
Yes.....replace with health savings accounts, the ability to buy insurance across state lines, tort reform
Fair enough. I painted with too broad a brush. I made the mistake of lumping all independents in with the so-called moderates.
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